State Stats
The "yield" sign, invented by police Officer Clinton Riggs, was first used in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Still on the Books
In Milan, one must legally smile at all times, with funerals and hospital visits being the exceptions.
Faking It
Because the oil and chocolate would stain his Muppet costume, Cookie Monster usually eats rice crackers painted to look like cookies.
Underwater Abyss
At 35,827 feet, the Challenger Deep area of the Mariana Trench near Guam is the deepest part of the ocean.
Quotable
by Lucinda Williams, singer-songwriter
"You can be in hell and create your own heaven. But it takes an immense amount of discipline."
So Named
A young marsupial, which includes kangaroos, koalas, wallabies and possums, is called a joey.
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